SYLYAtf SECEETS, 



IN 



BIRD-SONGS AND BOOKS. 



BY 



MAUKICE THOMPSON. 



AUTHOR OF 



"BY-WAYS AND BIRD-NOTES," "SONGS OF FAIK 



WEATHER," "THE WITCHERY OF 



ARCHERY," ETC. 



NEW YORK : 

 JOHN B. ALDEN, PUBLISHER. 



1887. 



